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Ender's Game (Ender Wiggins Saga #1)

by Orson Scott Card

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ISBN13: 9780812550702
ISBN10: 0812550706
Condition: Standard
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Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards

In order to develop a secure defense against a hostile alien race's next attack, government agencies breed child geniuses and train them as soldiers. A brilliant young boy, Andrew "Ender" Wiggin lives with his kind but distant parents, his sadistic brother Peter, and the person he loves more than anyone else, his sister Valentine. Peter and Valentine were candidates for the soldier-training program but didn't make the cutyoung Ender is the Wiggin drafted to the orbiting Battle School for rigorous military training.

Ender's skills make him a leader in school and respected in the Battle Room, where children play at mock battles in zero gravity. Yet growing up in an artificial community of young soldiers Ender suffers greatly from isolation, rivalry from his peers, pressure from the adult teachers, and an unsettling fear of the alien invaders. His psychologicalbattles include loneliness, fear that he is becoming like the cruel brother he remembers, and fanning the flames of devotion to his beloved sister.

Is Ender the general Earth needs? But Ender is not the only result of the genetic experiments. The war with the Buggers has been raging for a hundred years, and the quest for the perfect general has been underway for almost as long. Ender's two older siblings are every bit as unusual as he is, but in very different ways. Between the three of them lie the abilities to remake a world. If, that is, the world survives.

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The Hugo and Nebula Award-winning classic is now available in an author's definitive edition. The alien Buggers threaten humanity with extinction, and Earth's ultimate savior may be one small boy. Andrew "Ender" Wiggins thinks he is only playing computer games, but he is really commanding Earth's last great fleet.
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About the Author

Born in Richland, Washington in 1951, Orson Scott Card grew up in California, Arizona, and Utah. He lived in Brazil for two years as an unpaid missionary for the Mormon Church and received degrees from Brigham Young University (1975) and the University of Utah (1981). The author of numerous books, Card was the first writer to receive both the Hugo and Nebula awards for best novel two years in a row, first for Ender's Game and then for the sequel Speaker for the Dead. He lives with his wife and children in North Carolina.

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bookheart64, August 19, 2008 (view all comments by bookheart64)
"Masterfully written with amazing plot twists. Excellent book to read, even for us who don't like sci-fi."
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sparkys_monster, April 8, 2008 (view all comments by sparkys_monster)
I am a student at a southern Californian high school and what motivated me to read this book is that my teacher assigned Ender’s Game to my class and I. I believe that reading the book and discussing it to other students in my class makes me qualified to comment on this novel.
The reason I liked the story is because it kept to the point and never drifted off subject. There are some parts of the book that might get confusing, but eventually it will make sense. Throughout the book there were many characters to recognize, with difficult and confusing names. Even though there were a lot of people they all had a major part in the story to make it a distinctive but recognizable story. The story was enjoyable learning from the side of *SPOILER* Valentine, Peter, and Ender *END SPOILER*.
Orson Scott Card’s writing style made reading this story exciting to read. The pacing was terrific for me. The story moved smoothly and that is why it is an exhilarating book. The characters in the story were so developed that I felt the emotions that they felt. The author made it happen by connecting the story to modern problems such as racism. The reading level story is recommend to high school student but if you are advanced enough, then anyone could really enjoy this book. Orson Scott Card made this book enjoyable by creating a lengthy series of other books that span from learning about *SPOILER* Bean and the Buggers*END SPOILER*.
The book uses some literary techniques to express what is going on. Ender is the author surrogate by he is the main character and narrator of the story, you feel the story through his eyes and experience what he goes through in the story. The author uses foreshadowing to display what will happen in the near future. He hints to an event that is occurring later by using some symbolism of such like *SPOILER* the giant and also the mirror *END SPOILER*. In Ender’s Game, Ender *SPOILER* figures out that he has killed the bugger species accidentally and notices what he has done was horrific*END SPOILER*. The author twists the plot to make it an even interesting story then it really was.
This book could be enjoyed to anyone with high school level reading or higher. This book is recommended to anyone and I suggest to reading it.
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uncle_loki, November 25, 2007 (view all comments by uncle_loki)
Enders game is science fiction, but it is also a book about relationships. It is a study in community. I was actually stunned at how much this book caused me to reflect on my own life. Amidst the antigravity, lightspeed, and lasers (which were all great too) sat deeply human themes that really spoke to the soul. In fact, I enjoyed it enough that I went out and grabbed a handful of other books by Orson Scott Card.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780812550702
Author:
Card, Orson Scott
Publisher:
Tor Books
Location:
New York :
Subject:
Fiction
Subject:
Science Fiction - General
Subject:
Science fiction
Subject:
Brothers and sisters
Subject:
Fantasy
Subject:
High tech
Subject:
Genetic engineering
Subject:
War games
Subject:
Ender (fictitious character)
Subject:
Wiggin, Ender (Fictitious character)
Subject:
Wiggin, Ender
Subject:
Science / General
Edition Number:
Rev. ed.
Edition Description:
Revised Paperback
Series:
Ender Wiggin Saga
Series Volume:
no. 51
Publication Date:
July 1994
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
384
Dimensions:
6.73x4.27x.94 in. .37 lbs.
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